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      William James Hall
      Department of Psychology
      Harvard University
      Cambridge, MA 02138

      TEL: (617) 495-3856
      FAX: (617) 496-3122
      email: dls@wjh.harvard.edu

      Education

      • 1970-1974
      		 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. B.A., 1974
      • 1976-1977
      		 University of Toronto. M.A., 1977
      • 1978
      		 Oxford University. Visiting Researcher, Department of Experimental Psychology
      • 1978-1981
      		 University of Toronto, Department of Psychology. Ph.D., 1981.
      Ph.D. Supervisor: Endel Tulving.


      Academic Employment

      • 1981-1987
      		 Research Associate and Assistant Professor, Unit for Memory Disorders and Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
      • 1987-1989
      		 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona
      • 1989-1991
      		 Professor, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science Program, University of Arizona
      • 1991-1995
      		 Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
      • 1995-
      		 Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
      • 1999
      		 Visiting Professor, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London
      • 2002-
      		 William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology, Harvard University


      Selected Awards/Honors

      • Arthur Benton Award, International Neuropsychological Society, 1989
      • Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology in Human Learning and Cognition, American Psychological Association, 1990
      • Troland Research Award, National Academy of Sciences, 1991
      • Most Frequently Cited Researcher in Psychology, 1986-1990, Institute for Scientific Information, 1992
      • Fellow, Neurosciences Research Program (elected 1994)
      • Fellow, Society of Experimental Psychologists (elected 1994)
      • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 1996)
      • Searching for Memory, New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, 1996
      • Searching for Memory, Library Journal Best Science and Technology Books of the Year, 1996
      • Harvard-Radcliffe Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize, 1997
      • Searching for Memory, William James Book Award, American Psychological Association, 1997
      • James McKeen Cattell Fund Award, 1998-99
      • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1998-99
      • MERIT Award, National Institute on Aging, 2000
      • The Seven Sins of Memory, New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year, 2001
      • The Seven Sins of Memory, Amazon.com Best books of 2001
      • The Seven Sins of Memory, William James Book Award, Society for General Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2003


      Editorial Advisory Board

      • American Journal of Psychology, 1998-
      • Cognitive Neuropsychology, 1987-
      • Cognitive Psychology, 1990-1995
      • Consciousness and Cognition, 1992-
      • Encyclopedia of Learning & Memory, 1989-1992
      • Hippocampus, 1999-
      • Human Neurobiology, 1985-1988
      • Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 1987-1994
      • Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 1988-1993
      • Learning & Memory, 1994-
      • Memory, 1993-
      • Memory and Cognition, 1989-1993
      • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 1985-
      • Neuron, 1997-
      • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1990-
      • Psychobiology, 1986-
      • Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 1994-1997
      • Psychological Review, 1997-
      • Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 1999-
      • Review of General Psychology, 1997-
      • Associate Editor, Annual Review of Psychology, 1998-